Get Fresh Air

The past few weeks I have been craving to get in the garden. Maybe it is the lack of sun, maybe it was because I was recently looking through seed catalogs but then I realized what it was– fresh air!

I spend so much time inside in the winter (and since this winter has as been so wet, this fall as well). In the spring and summer, I will take my lunch an eat outside. I will sit, eat and watch the birds come to eat at the bird feeder. I will enjoy the peace, the smell of summer and a few moments without any demands. Also, I will go outside and pull weeds for a few minutes in the morning to get the day rolling. I love to pull weeds in the morning. The garden is damp, they are easy to pull and require nothing of me other than to be there doing what I am doing.

Outside, I can’t check email, orders, or the fast pace of modern life. Outside, time is on its own terms. You can speed up winter or slow down a flower from fading. Time is what it is.

And I am dying to smell fresh air.

My goal this week, snow, sleet or shine, I will go outside for a few minutes each day.